What's the difference between goffer and groundhog?

Goffer


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The considerably enlarged adrenals were gyral, goffered and their cortex consisted of cells of the fetal zone.
  • (2) The £43,000 ReWalk suit, designed by the Israeli entrepreneur Amit Goffer, enables people with lower-limb paralysis to stand, walk and climb stairs through motion sensors and an onboard computer system.

Groundhog


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Harold Ramis, who helped catch phantoms in Ghostbusters and directed Bill Murray to glory in Groundhog Day , has died at the age of 69.
  • (2) Powassan virus was isolated from seven pools of Ixodes cookei ticks removed from groundhogs (Marmota monax) collected near North Bay, Ontario, between May and August 1965, including five pools obtained during spring.
  • (3) As well as making its impact on cinema and language, Groundhog Day has exerted a strong influence on religious thinking.
  • (4) Gatwick, which still harbours slim hopes of getting the nod over Heathrow, has warned that its option is its own second runway plan or “Groundhog Day”, pointing to two recent instances – in 2003 and 2009 – when the government has approved a third runway at the west London hub without it being built.
  • (5) One MP said the meeting felt like “Groundhog Day” and they were not convinced by Corbyn’s call for unity.
  • (6) The Welsh Conservative leader, Andrew RT Davies, said it was “groundhog day” and Plaid, which has worked in coalition with Labour in the past, had fallen in line with Labour.
  • (7) Since 1993, the festival has also included a free screening of Groundhog Day, which introduced to the world this obscure occasion, previously regarded as the preserve of hicks and oddballs.
  • (8) For those of us who want a fairer deal for renters, this feels a lot like Groundhog Day – with the joke very much on us.
  • (9) Whichever way you look at it, Groundhog Day could be on course to replicate the longevity of the festival from which it takes its name.
  • (10) Although the programme included work by masters such as Bergman and Rossellini, Groundhog Day was shown on the opening night.
  • (11) If Phil the groundhog sees his shadow when he is lifted from his burrow at 7.25am, there will be six more weeks of winter.
  • (12) After a prolonged chuckle, Russell drops his impersonation of Groundhog Day's irksome insurance salesman, a minor but intensely memorable character, and explains excitedly that he recently met Andie MacDowell, one of the film's stars.
  • (13) But Groundhog Day was invoked on each of these occasions.
  • (14) "There have been a lot of messing-with-time movies where you can't help but see the influence of Groundhog Day," Rubin tells me.
  • (15) The question is whether feminism is trapped in its own Groundhog Day ( RIP Harold Ramis ) and undoing itself again in its fourth wave.
  • (16) His performances since then, from his collaborations with Wes Anderson (including last year's Moonrise Kingdom ) to his Oscar-nominated turn in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation , each have as their springboard Groundhog Day.
  • (17) • Hadley Freeman: Harold Ramis was the GrandDude of comedy • Harold Ramis: a career in clips • 20 years of Groundhog Day • Hadley Freeman: Why Ghostbusters is my favourite film • This article was amended on Monday 24 February 2014.
  • (18) Phil is dispatched to the folksy town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual 2 February celebrations, which revolve around a groundhog supposedly foreseeing the exact date of the arrival of spring.
  • (19) If the impact of Groundhog Day is still felt on Murray's career, its influence on cinema in general is ever more prevalent.
  • (20) Except that with Groundhog Day he became responsible for one of the most ingenious and affecting films ever made, a movie that can hold its own alongside the work of Luis Buñuel or Billy Wilder .

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